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I was told by someone that made the pga tour events by just showing up the monday before the event with a handicap of 2 or less and paying a entry fee and if your in like the top 20 you will be able to play in that weeks event?

True

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Thx,
Mark

When I was a kid in the 1960s, pro's who weren't guaranteed a spot in the tournament could play their way in on the Monday before Thursday's opening round. Such pro's were called "rabbits," as I remember. Possibly the Monday qualifier was open to anyone with a 2-or-better hdcp. But I think that most rabbits were pro's who followed the tour week to week, hoping to get in and then to make the cut.

Top 5 maybe. Usually it's only 2 or 3 spots, and you have to shoot 65 and lower to get in

EMC is right, 2 or 3 spots only for monday qualifiers. And who knows how many are trying. You have to shoot real low to get in.

Greetings ...

Unless you have advanced status, such as most recent Top 150 Money Winner, most recent Q-School, most recent Nationwide Top 20, past champion of the event itself, among others - you must now go thru a pre-qualifier round before playing in a Monday Qualifier.

Monday Qualifying is available for most PGA Tour events except these--

The 4 Grand Slam Majors
The Players Championship
The World Golf Championships
Mercedes Benz Championship
Tour Championship
Fed Ex Playoff event

Invitationals - Pebble Beach, Bob Hope, Bay Hill, Heritage, Colonial, Memorial, the International

Events in mid-to-late October - Greensboro, Vegas, Disney, Chrysler-Tampa Bay

If you make it past the qualifier and into tournamement and finish in the top 20 of that tournment, I believe that guarantees you entry into the next weeks event, if the next event is not a major. Can anyone confirm that?

This one is correct. Not sure about the top 20 getting you a spot the next event, I thought it was top 10, but I am unsure.

Greetings

Click-on here for »» PGA Tour Exemption Categories

Category-24: The Top 10 Professionals plus any ties in a regular open full-field event with official victory status are exempt for the next such event on the schedule. PGA Tour Regular Members have unlimited use of this exemption, while non-members are limited to five uses per Tour season.

The following are classified as not being regular open full-field events

The 4 Grand Slam Majors
The Players Championship
The World Golf Championships
Mercedes Benz Championship
Tour Championship
Fed Ex Playoff event

Invitationals - Pebble Beach, Bob Hope, Bay Hill, Heritage, Colonial, Memorial, the International

A total of 20 such events in 2007, as three current regular open full-field events (Barclays-Westchester, Deutsche Bank and The Western Open) are converted into Fed Ex Cup Playoff events.

Here's one to watch -- Wyndham-Greensboro is the last regular open event before the Fed Ex playoffs, and the new Turning Stone Open is the first event after the Fed Ex Series, some four weeks after Greensboro. Will Greensboro's Top 10 be exempt for Turning Stone? Who knows?

2007 Fed Ex Schedule ... 2007 Fall Series Schedule

Well what event is the one before the monday qualifier to qualify for the monday??

thx,
Mark

P.S. I swear its like poker, you have to win so many mini events just to play in the big event without paying so much up front.

We can always count on our resident information director, Frank-0-Sport, to come through when we need to know something! Thanks for posting that, and all that you post.

Gooshh - Do I get a free box of Post Toasties for that?

You'll have to contact the prize coordinator, wazmankg...he directs it and ForgedRBest sends the packages.

You weren't supposed to tell that part...just the prompt, on time delivery.